Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



W. H. GRILLEY. METALLIC TIE AND RAIL PASTENER. APPLIOATION TILED 0M. 11,1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

INVENTOR k 5 g W A'I TORNEYS UNITE.

WALTER H. CRILLEY, OF SMITHTON; PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TILE. AND RAIL-FASTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

la ten t ed Dee. 19,1911

Application filed October 11. 1911. Serial No. 654,190,

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, \Vailrnn fl. (lniLLi-LY, a ('itizen ot the UnitedStates of Aineriea, residing at bniithton. in the county of Westroreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented eertain new and uselnlIfll1)lt)\'t!- nn-nts in Metallio Ties and i'tail-l asteners, of whichthe following is a speeifieation, ret'erenet heing had therein to theaeeonr panyingg; drawing.

This invention relates toinetallie ties and rai-l fasteners. and theprimary ohjeet o't any invention is to furnish a tie ot' the L hean';eonstruetion with novel tastenta's 'for rttaining' rails thereon and inalinenient to preserve the gage ot' a traelt.

Another ohjeet of this invention is to proride 'lasteners that allow forthe expansion and eon'trzu'rtion ot' rails and insure a positireFastening ot' rails without resorting to a eoniplimted eonstruetion or aeohstruetion that is liahle to injury by ordinary use.

A further oh ieet of this invention is to aeeoniplish the ahove resultsby a lneehanieaf eonstruetion that is tjlurahle, easy to install andhighly eflieient tor the purposes for whieh it is intended.

llith the above and other objects in View the intention resides in thenovel eonstruetion. eoinhiuation and arrangement of parts to behereinafter speeitieally deserihed and then elainied.

teferenee will now be had to the drawing \\'herein:

Figure l is a side eteration of" the tie showing a rail mounted thereon.Fig. .2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 a perspta'tive View of a portionof the tie. and Fig. -t is a per u i't'ire \ltfW o'f'a detached 'fastener.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a tie ot' the I-heain eonstruetionhaving base flanges 2 and top flanges 3. said top flanges heingr ot agreater depth than the hase flanges 12. The top tittllgtiS adjaeent tothe ends of the tie are eut away to provide rail seals l and outerfasteners 47 adapted to extend over the outer hase flanges (3 of rails 7arranged upon the seats -f-, these outer fast'euers deter mining thegage ot' the tl'tlt'h. The top thing-es I; at the inner edges of theseats t are further eut away to provide inner fus tener seats 8 andtongue ways 9. The outer edges of' he seats 8 and the tongue' nu s 9 arestraightv while the inner edges ot the seats 8 are heveltal toward the(enter of' the tie to provide int-lined hereled walls 10.

[)etaehahly mounted upon the seats 8 are inner fasteners if, saidfasteners having the inner ends thereof beveled. as at 1; to engage thewalls It), and the outer ends oi said fasteners extend over the innerhase flanges 13 ot' the rails T and are st aight. The tasteners ha \odepernling, tongues If extending: into h nglu ways 9, said tout ue heingangle larly di'iposed to protrude under the inner flanges 1.; ol' therails i'. The fasteners fl are eonneefed tog g'ether hr a transversebolt 15 and a nut lti, said holt drawing the 'lasteners toward thelongitudinal axis of the lie whereby said fasteners will hare a wedgingaetion that tends to hind said tashmers hetween the inner flanges 12;and the walls It), with the tongues t-l preventing vertiealtlisplaetanent of said fasteners.

it is apparent trout the foregoing that the inner tasteuerz-i ran heasilv and uiehly as:--:einliled upon the ti to rigidly hold the railsthereotn said 'f'asteu rs not interfering with the tainping or plaeingof the tie in the liallast oi a road lied.

l. in a nietallhlie and rail lt istener, the eonihinalion with rails. n:a tie of the I- ln-ani eoustruetion having the top flanges eut awa t toprovide seats tor said rails and outer l'asttui rs engaging the outerflanges of said rails. the top of said tie heipg' fur ther eut away toprovidi an inner fastener seat and tougrue-wars. with said fastenerseats presenting); int-lined het'eled Walls, inner tast'eners mountedupon said seats and having a wed ring aetion hetween the inner flangesof" said rails and the walls of said seats. tongues earried hy saidfasteners and extending; into said tongg nedray under the inner flangesof said rails, and means ar-- ranged transversely of' said innerfasteners for retaining said fasteners up n the seats of said tie.

In a metallic tie and rail tastenen the eonihination with rails, of atie ot the L heani eonstruetion having: the top thereof provided withseats for said rails and outer fasteners to engage the outer haseflanges of said fails, the top of said tie being further flanges to saidrails, and bolts connecting cut away to provide seats for inner railfassaid fasteners. 10 toners, inner rail fasteners arranged upon Intestimony whereof I affix my signature said seats and having a Wedgingaction toin the presence of two Witnesses.

Ward each other to bind said fasteners upon I WALTER H. CRILLEY.

said seats'and against the inner base flanges VVitnesses':

of said rails tongues carried by said fas- WM. CRILLEY,

teners and extending under the inner base MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

